Chattogram district police inspector (prosecution) Bijon Kumar Barua said that police sought five days remand for CU assistant professor of Sociology Maidul Islam. After hearing on Monday senior judicial magistrate Shahidullah Kaisar granted three days remand to interrogate him in custody.

Maidul’s counsel Bhulan Lal Bhoumik said they applied to halt the hearing as they had applied for bail in High Court. But the court did not consider it and ordered to interrogate Maidul following the High Court order, he said.

On September 24, a Chattogram court sent Maidul to jail on charges of defaming prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Facebook after he had surrendered before the court on completion of his eight weeks bail granted by the High Court.